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Was hoping to get Hough for the winter list but when I got to the cairn marking the path it was snowed in. I continued on to Lillian Brook LT for lunch and headed back to the car at Elk Lake.

Saturday I set off with high hopes of a one-day Pemi loop from Lincoln Woods parking lot at 4:30 AM. I would do a clock-wise route so Flume was 1st. I figured I could get it done in 20 hours. It was colder than expected and I spent a lot of time adding and removing my outer layer throughout the...

Buggy. Trail fine.

I went to Lahout's Summit Shop in Lincoln NH a couple days ago because the pack was getting a little gross smelling. I bought a $5.00 bottle of "Mirazyme" after hearing that Thru-hikers ask for it. 1.5 oz for up to 20 gallons of water, then submerse your pack in it. The directions say soak for 5...

(Saddleback, The Horn, Sugarloaf, Spaulding, Abraham, Baxter Peak, Hamlin, North Brother) Saturday ( 7/5) I drove to Rangeley and checked in to the Town and Lake Motel about 5PM. I grabbed a snack, unpacked and got my pack ready for hiking Saddleback and The Horn on Sunday. When I finished, I...

It had been 4 years since I hiked New Hampshire with Pete Hogan, and the stars lined up just right finally so I could hike with him again. This time it would in the Rangeley/Stratton Area of Maine as Pete is closing in on his “115”. The plan was to meet Pete and his wife (Kathy) at the Old Speck...

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a campground between Saddleback/The Horn and the Bigelows. Probably camping for a week or so and working on the NE111 peaks. Thanks !

Saturday-Oct 16, 2010, Abraham, after the storm. After driving up from Eden, NY, Friday night was tough finding my way around a new area (Bristol, Lincoln, Middlebury) , in the rain storm and after dark. I got a room (Blue Spruce-Middlebury-$80) and headed in to town for a couple beers at Two...

It was as good as it gets ! It was chilly in the morning when Little Rickie and I started up the herdpath to Maconb at 4:30. We got all our water for the day just below the Macomb Slide and reached the summit around 7:30. We knew it was cold up there, because we pulled on hats, gloves, coats...

Do you ever have a real strong vision of being in a certain situation and then you work like heck to make it happen ? Even if the situation only lasts a few minutes? Last weekend the vision was watching the sunrise from Haystack. It was Little Rickies vision in the beginning but Dan-the-Man and...

And there it was. Bathed in sunlight, overlooking the Great Range with a few bare rock areas for comfortable seating. Big Slide had allowed me passage to my 46th summit at 9:15 AM on Saturday, March 20, 2010. This trip began the day before when I lugged my camping gear from the Garden (where I...

If you slept at this L/T Friday night, we met Saturday morning (2/20). When you packed to leave, you left something in the L/T. Contact me by PM , tell me what it is and I'll ship it to you at my expense. Happy to help a fellow hiker.

Seward 8/7 Well, I finally got Seward on my 4th journey into the Sewards. It was my 44th peak and on this day I shared the summit with a fellow who had just summited to become a 46 er. He was not a member of any forums so we can’t congratulate him. My day began South of Buffalo at 3 AM when the...

Sunday-Drive from Eden to Thornton NH. Stayed at Gilcrest Cottages until Friday morning. Monday 7/7-Osceola & East Osceola from Tripoli Road. We had great weather and the views from Osceola were fantastic. Going to East Osceola you have to be careful scaling a cliffy spot . This was my first...

As it turned out, Mtnlady and I were both at peak #41 and both had Skylight and Gray on our lists to do. So, we made the plan to get these 2 peaks while camping at Flowed Lands. Hike in Friday and camp, “easy day” Saturday getting 2 peaks, camp Saturday, hike out Sunday. Good plan, but of course...

What a blast this was. And hardly any bug issues. I arrived at St Huberts on Saturday (23rd) ,at 11AM and had to park across the street at the Giant Trailhead since the St Huberts lot was filled. I was loaded to camp and figured I’d set up at the sites between the 2 trails to Fish Hawk Cliffs...

This was going to be done on Saturday the 18th but due to the weather projections, we moved it up a day. After about a 6.5 hour drive from Boston, NY, we “hit the sack” at the EconoLodge in Lake Placid about 1AM on Thursday. We had to rent snowshoes at the Loj Information Center which didn’t...

I lugged my gear up to Times Square on Friday afternoon, camped, and had sunrise on Santanoni. What a nice remote feeling. It was worth the extra work. I Returned to my camp, consolidated my “junk” and left it in Times Square as I headed for Couchsachraga. Around 11 AM as I was “drying out” on...

It was a pretty cold day on Thursday 2/5. I slept in late (KeeneValley Hostel) ,had an over-priced mediocre breakfast at the popular diner across the street and wandered over to the Loj. There were few people hiking that day but I wanted to do a little something, so Phelps was it. I casually...

Ok, there’s a bunch of Sewards reports already but I have some comments that may be useful or entertaining (by way of my ignorance) to someone out there. I have a lot to learn about this “W” stuff. I had my butt kicked on a hike that I would consider easy in warm weather. By the time I did...